Verla
Last seen for girls in 1983 at #6,705
- Peak · girls
- 1922 · 199 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,190since 1890
Verla over time
Rank among girls' names. Verla has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 |
| 1957 | #1,869 | 34 |
| 1956 | #1,637 | 42 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,300 | 58 |
| 1953 | #1,344 | 52 |
| 1952 | #1,285 | 55 |
| 1951 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1950 | #1,135 | 66 |
| 1949 | #1,038 | 74 |
| 1948 | #1,001 | 76 |
| 1947 | #1,127 | 63 |
| 1946 | #885 | 88 |
| 1945 | #897 | 71 |
| 1944 | #918 | 70 |
| 1943 | #889 | 77 |
| 1942 | #717 | 108 |
| 1941 | #650 | 119 |
| 1940 | #652 | 114 |
| 1939 | #705 | 93 |
| 1938 | #596 | 134 |
| 1937 | #585 | 132 |
| 1936 | #588 | 127 |
| 1935 | #528 | 149 |
| 1934 | #517 | 156 |
| 1933 | #497 | 165 |
| 1932 | #515 | 160 |
| 1931 | #495 | 169 |
| 1930 | #536 | 160 |
| 1929 | #510 | 176 |
| 1928 | #541 | 165 |
| 1927 | #500 | 195 |
| 1926 | #501 | 194 |
| 1925 | #544 | 173 |
| 1924 | #574 | 162 |
| 1923 | #595 | 148 |
| 1922 | #488 | 199 |
| 1921 | #507 | 193 |
| 1920 | #539 | 174 |
| 1919 | #504 | 179 |
| 1918 | #559 | 161 |
| 1917 | #601 | 129 |
| 1916 | #563 | 142 |
| 1915 | #526 | 143 |
| 1914 | #557 | 101 |
| 1913 | #600 | 74 |
| 1912 | #678 | 54 |
| 1911 | #698 | 39 |
| 1910 | #564 | 53 |
| 1909 | #587 | 43 |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 |
| 1905 | #713 | 25 |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 |
| 1902 | #773 | 20 |
| 1901 | #747 | 19 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Verla! It came in at #1,006, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Verla is popular in 1894
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Verla
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1895 (#850 → #658)
- Biggest drop: 292 spots in 1896 (#658 → #950)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1922 at #488 (199 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1894–1946
- Highest: 1 in 6,035 girls born in 1922 were named Verla (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 185,623 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
- 28.7% of all girls named Verla (1,779) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 92 | #658 (1895) | #900 |
| 1900s | 224 | #587 (1909) | #786 |
| 1910s | 1,075 | #504 (1919) | #585 |
| 1920s | 1,779 | #488 (1922) | #530 |
| 1930s | 1,445 | #495 (1931) | #556 |
| 1940s | 860 | #650 (1941) | #877 |
| 1950s | 465 | #1,135 (1950) | #1,541 |
| 1960s | 175 | #2,197 (1961) | #3,599 |
| 1970s | 61 | #4,523 (1972) | #6,436 |
| 1980s | 14 | #6,705 (1983) | #8,558 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Verla in 1894
Top girls' names in 1894
More about 1894
girls
222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 17,148 of them was named Verla, which outranked 50.1% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #812Yetta14
- #812Zena14
- #812Zita14
- #850Verla13
- #850Abigail13
- #850Adelina13
- #850Aimee13
- #905Adelle12
- #905Albert12
- #905Almira12
Tied with 54 names at #850; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.